Finnish state-owned natural gas transmission system operator, Gasgrid, has announced the construction work on the port terminal for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) floating terminal has been completed in the deep harbour area in Inkoo, Finland.
The work began in August 2022 and the included the pier and mooring structures and systems needed by the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) as well as the construction of a 2.2km gas pipeline. Gasgrid has implemented the LNG floating terminal project to secure the supply of gas to industry, energy production and households as well as to safeguard Finland’s security of supply from winter 2023 onwards.
Olli Sipilä, Gasgrid CEO says: ‘Completion of the port structures is a really important milestone in the entire LNG floating terminal project. Everything is now in place for Exemplar to safely anchor in the deep harbour in Inkoo in December and connect to Gasgrid’s gas transmission network. The estimated arrival time is 25-28 December depending on weather conditions. Our goal the whole time has been to be able to start using the liquefied natural gas aboard the LNG terminal vessel already this winter. We are now very close to reaching this goal.’
